THE PAPER BOY
(Catherine Williamson / Bill Haley)
Bill Haley & his Comets


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Gather round everybody
Gonna tell you a story
About a little feller
He’s really very meller
He sells the daily papers
On Main Street, USA


Now he’s cuttin’ capers
Peddling his papers
Spreads a lot of sunshine
Day time or night time 
Brightens up the corner
Of Main Street, USA


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Extra, extra, just sing and shout it
A sharp-a little cat
In a shoe button hat
In his spare time he rocks and he rolls


Shoutin’ with the rhythm
Ya gotta get with ‘im
Sandy hair and pug nose
Turtle neck and torn clothes
That’s the little paper boy
On Main Street, USA.


(Musical Break punctuated by “Go”, five times)


Well-a extra, extras, read all about it
Extra, extra, just sing and shout it
A sharp-a little cat
In a shoe button hat
In his spare time he rocks and he rolls


Shoutin’ with the rhythm
Ya gotta get with ‘im
Sandy hair and pug nose
Turtle neck and torn clothes
That’s the little paper boy
On Main Street, USA.


Extra, extra, read all about it
Extra, extra, read all about it
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Tell me just what do you read.










(Contributed by Bill Huntley - July 2007)